Fed’s Goolsbee: Agrees with Warsh that inflation is Fed’s main issue right now

  • Agrees with the Fed chair about details of the economy.
  • Agrees that inflation is the Fed’s main issue right now.
  • On inflation it is important to understand what is the nature of the supplies shocks or is a demand driven inflation.
  • Pretty clear that inflation from overheated demand is hard to address.
  • Inflation has continued longer than expected.
  • Was okay with holding rates steady at July FOMC
  • Does not have strong opinion about number of FOMC meetings

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.

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